I spent much of the first season of Orange is the New Black wondering what kind of visual effects wizardry they employed to show her character in those pre-transition flashbacks before I found out she has an identical twin brother.

May as well tip with the tipping point, I'm saying. If Time can do a spread on Laverne Cox like this, it's probably time for BB and other outlets, both mainstream (looking at you HuffPo) and queer (looking at you Bilerico), to Do Better too. It would make a pretty big difference for me personally in how comfortable I am here (not that anyone does or should care).

I did a quick search and found nothing that people are complaining about other than that she was thanked by Jared Leto, and that she's for gay rights. I'm sure it's a fascinating story, a transgender woman, one whose Army boyfriend was murdered for dating a transgender woman, is this horrible transmisogynistic person who deserves no media attention ever, but...oh, who am I kidding. Seriously?

As someone who's not part of any of those communities...if the idea is to silence anyone who doesn't agree with current prevailing attitude, it's not something that works in the long run. I also scratch my head at the efforts to align several disparate groups under one banner, which strikes me as odd. Particularly the notion of making gay men and feminists allies; I'm sure some people can guess why.

Surely you can't claim to be perfect. Get off that high horse already.

The actor himself isn't trans, which I'd said. As a straight guy, armed with the knowledge that this is a man giving that smoldering look, I feel...I don't know...a bit out of sorts. More like aroused, okay? Apparently it's wrong for a straight man to feel conflicted about that, and express it. Or not express it in a perfect manner.